The 1978 European Curling Championships were held from 4 to 9 December at the Aviemore Ice Rink in Aviemore, Scotland.
The Swiss men's team won their second European title, and the Swedish women's team won their third European title.
Men's
Teams Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club Tommy Stjerne Oluf Olsen Steen Hansen Peter Andersen Hvidovre Curling Club, Hvidovre Ronald D. Thornton John D. Kerr Tony Atherton Michael Thompson Robert Thierriaz Joel Indergand Alain Bagnaro Jean Louis Roux Hans Jörg Herberg Franz Schmidt Wolfgang Metzeler Sigi Heinle Giuseppe Dal Molin Enea Pavani Giancarlo Valt Andrea Pavani Tofane Curling Club, Cortina d’Ampezzo Eric Harmsen Robert Harmsen Jack De Meyere Otto Veening Rolv Kristian Yri Torger H. Sletten Harald Ramsfjell Øystein Skyberg Brumunddal Curling Club, Oslo James Sanderson Iain Baxter Colin Baxter Willie Sanderson Oxenfoord Curling Club, Edinburgh Anders Thidholm (fourth) Hans Söderström Anders Nilsson Bertil Timan (skip) Härnösands Curlingklubb, Härnösand Jürg Tanner Jürg Hornisberger Franz Tanner Patrik Lörtscher Lausanne-Riviera Curling Club, Lausanne
Round robin Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 W LPlaceA1 * 10:5 7:612:3 6:4 8:34:10 3:710:6 4:5 6 3 3A2 5:10 * 6:71:12 2:813:85:102:134:13 6:8 1 8 9A3 6:7 7:6 * 6:7 1:810:83:11 5:4 5:8 6:8 3 6 8A4 3:1212:1 7:6 * 4:1015:10 3:6 7:4 5:9 4:8 4 5 7A5 4:6 8:2 8:110:4 * 9:4 6:5 6:7 4:83:10 5 4 6A6 3:88:138:1010:15 4:9 * 5:166:145:104:18 0 9 10A7 10:410:511:3 6:3 5:616:5 * 6:7 6:7 4:6 5 4 5A8 7:313:2 4:5 4:7 7:614:6 7:6 * 1:8 4:6 5 4 4A9 6:1013:4 8:5 9:5 8:410:5 7:6 8:1 * 3:8 7 2 2A10 5:4 8:6 8:6 8:410:318:4 6:4 6:4 8:3 * 9 0 1 Team to final Teams to semifinal
Playoffs
Final standings Place Team SkipGPWL Jürg Tanner 10 10 0 Bertil Timan 11 8 3 Tommy Stjerne 10 6 4 4 James Sanderson 9 5 4 5 Rolv Kristian Yri 9 5 4 6 Giuseppe Dal Molin 9 5 4 7 Hans Jörg Herberg 9 4 5 8 Robert Thierriaz 9 3 6 9 Ronald D. Thornton 9 1 8 10 Eric Harmsen 9 0 9
Women's
Teams Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club Inger Torbensen Lizzi hallum Lisbet Mikkelsen Alice Peters Connie Miller Susan Hinds Christine Black Freda Fischer Paulette Delachat Huguette Jullien Suzanne Parodi Erna Gay Renate Grüner Susi Kiesel Irmi Wagner Valentina Fischer-Weppler Maria-Grazzia Constantini Marina Pavani Ann Lacedelli Tea Valt Bente Hoel Herborg Pettersen Maria Löfroth-Christensen Åse Wilhelmsen Isobel Torrance Marion Armour Isobel Waddell Margaret Wiseman Inga Arfwidsson Barbro Arfwidsson Ingrid Appelquist Gunvor Björhäll Norrköpings Curlingklubb, Norrköping Heidi Neuenschwander Dorli Broger Brigitte Kienast Evi Rüegsegger
Round robin Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 W LPlaceA1 * 13:08:134:11 9:810:76:102:12 7:9 3 5 6A2 0:13 * 3:113:14 9:87:186:104:1010:8 2 6 8A3 13:811:3 * 14:4 7:315:3 5:9 7:8 8:9 5 3 4A4 11:414:34:14 * 6:712:87:121:194:16 3 5 5A5 8:9 8:9 3:7 7:6 * 6:101:12 4:74:12 1 7 9A6 7:1018:73:158:1210:6 * 6:9 4:94:11 2 6 7A7 10:610:6 9:512:712:1 9:6 * 3:63:10 6 2 3A8 12:210:4 8:719:1 7:4 9:4 6:3 * 8:7 8 0 1A9 9:78:10 9:816:412:411:410:3 7:8 * 6 2 2 Team to final Teams to semifinal
Playoffs
Final standings Place Team SkipGPWL Inga Arfwidsson 9 9 0 Heidi Neuenschwander 10 7 3 Isobel Torrance 9 6 3 4 Paulette Delachat 8 5 3 5 Renate Grüner 8 3 5 6 Inger Torbensen 8 3 5 7 Bente Hoel 8 2 6 8 Connie Miller 8 2 6 9 Maria-Grazzia Constantini 8 1 7
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